Glass alabastron (perfume bottle)

Greek, Eastern Mediterranean

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 159

Translucent cobalt blue, with handles in same color; trails in opaque white and opaque yellow.
Slightly concave horizontal rim-disk, formed as a coil, with rough edge to mouth; no perceptible neck or shoulder; slightly convex side to cylindrical body, tapering upwards; rounded bottom, with central point; two vertical ring handles with knobbed tails, applied over trail decoration.
White trail attached at neck under rim-disk, wound down unevenly, tooled into an irregular close-set zigzag pattern, with deep vertical ribs; four separate yellow trails added over white at intervals down sides.
Broken and repaired, with some holes, chips, and cracks, especially on lower body; slight dulling, pitting, and weathering.

Glass alabastron (perfume bottle), Glass, Greek, Eastern Mediterranean

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